Dueling Definitions--of Blackness

If one accepts the premise that most mainstream media editors and producers are progressive, it's therefore unsurprising that the image of American Blacks depicted is, to quote Hillary Clinton, "super-predators who must be brought to heel ( like animals ); cop hating rioters (acting animalistically) or political puppets mouthing leftist talking points ( like parrots, an upgrade of the animal theme). Self-governing Black citizens are reduced to cameo roles in their own depiction. Conservative ones, arguably the most self-governed of the self-governing, are type cast as lost dissenters within the current of their own community.